#28A8B4#28A8B4

#28A8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28A8B4
RGB	rgb(40, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -29.01, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 33.07, 208.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0963 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.106 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1123, 31.7488, 48.0812)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28A8B4 #B43428

analogous

#28B47A #28A8B4 #2862B4

triadic

#28A8B4 #B428A8 #A8B428

tetradic

#28A8B4 #7A28B4 #B43428 #62B428

square

#28A8B4 #7A28B4 #B43428 #62B428

split-complementary

#28A8B4 #B42862 #B47A28

monochromatic

#124B50 #1D7982 #28A8B4 #44C9D5 #76D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#28A8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#28A8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #28A8B4

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28A8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##28A8B4	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28a8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2ca',
    500: '#28a8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28a8b4;
$custom-light: #7ac2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28a8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67105,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28A8B4

secondary

#C87770

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #28A8B4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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